Consider a project with free cash flows in one year of $90,000 in a weak economy or $117,000 in a strong economy, with each outcome being equally likely. the initial investment required for the project is $80,000, and the project's cost of capital is 15%. the risk-free interest rate is 5%.suppose that to raise the funds for the initial investment the firm borrows $45,000 at the risk free rate and issues new equity to cover the remainder. in this situation, calculate the value of the firm's levered equity from the project. what is the cost of capital for the firm's levered equity?

Cool beans is a locally owned coffee shop that competes with two large coffee chains, planeteuro and frothies. alicia, the owner, hired two students to count the number of customers that entered each of the coffee shops to estimate what percent of people who are interested in coffee are visiting each shop. after a week, the students found the following results: 589 visited cool beans, 839 visited planeteuro, and 1,290 visited frothies. the students were surprised that cool beans had 139 visits on monday which represented 59% of all people who visited one of the three coffee shops on mondays. how many people visited one of the three coffee shops during the week?

What should a food worker use to retrieve ice from an ice machine?

Why do you think the compensation plans differ at the two firms? in particular, why do you think kaufmann’s pays commissions to salespeople, while parkleigh does not? why does parkleigh offer employees discounts on purchases, while kaufmann’s does not?